Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran Author Šmíd, Jiří Author Moravec, Jiří Author Kodym, Petr Author Kratochvíl, Lukáš Author Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Author Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar jirismd@gmail.com. Author Frynta, Daniel text Zootaxa 2014 2014-08-20 3855 1 1 97 journal article 4341 10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1 1f4f2c28-d4fa-487a-bf83-988cc35518ea 1175-5326 4929701 0E2D2B7C-7A96-4CAB-87F2-87A785F88D7F Mediodactylus ilamensis ( Fathinia, Karamiani, Darvishnia, Heidari & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2011 ) HOLOTYPE . RUZM-GC120.1. TYPE LOCALITY. Zarin-Abad region , Dehloran Township , Ilam Prov. , Iran . DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran . DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN . Fig. 51 . Known only from two specimens from the type locality . HABITAT. The type locality lies in an area of gypsum and lime deposits and is covered with different vegetation types mainly including grasses, bushes and shrubs ( Capparidaceae : Capparis spinosa , Cleome oxypetala ; Caryophyllaceae : Gypsophyla linearifolia , G. pallida ; Chenopodiaceae : Halocharis sulphurea , Noaea mucronata , Salsola imbricate ; Compositae: Achillea conferta ; Rosaceae : Amygdalus arabica ), and sparse trees ( Pistachia atlantica and Quercus brantii ). The specimens were collected on foothills heavily grazed by sheep and goats. REMARKS. Originally described under the genus Carinatogecko . For discussion on synonymization with Mediodactylus see Bauer et al. (2013) and remarks by M. heteropholis above. REFERENCES. Fathinia et al. (2011a) ; Bauer et al. (2013) .